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Our latest edition of the Celebrate Living History newsletter aims to bring a smile to your face! We feature world class swimmer Meagan Nay and life lessons learnt from two distinct generations. Pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy! Cheers!

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1 Howdy folks! Wow time has sure flown, its hard to believe its past the mid year point! So much has happened over the past semester! Travelling to the United States had inspired me to change the look of the Celebrate Living History website which has not changed since going live in 2012. I wanted to better showcase the stories on the website and have room to share more stories from different generations. I truly believe every generation has an important story to share and its great to have the website open to more of a diverse audience. It was so much fun organizing a small launch with some of my first participants, volunteers and interns in Melbourne. I met Griffith University intern Margie for the first time in person. It really is amazing that I get to work with students from around the world. That is one of the best things about Celebrate Living History is Im 5Follow our mascot Ava Dognar to Page For every generation Stories to make you smile. 1 The launch of the Celebrate Living History website with Jeana, Frida, Bev and Margie Semester 1: 2018 Words from Bev Wilkinson Words from Bev the founder of Celebrate Living History Meagan Nay Life Lessons with Richard Vox Pop with Muheeb Sponsors Contact details 2 Bruce, Bev and Gail
Celebrate Living History www.celebratelivinghistory.com July-August Edition 2018 2 Integer metus. Lorem. byline [Name] For someone who reached the summit of domestic and international competitive swimming, broke world records, competed at two Olympics and won Commonwealth Games Gold all before her 25th birthday, Meagen Nay is incredibly modest. Despite how easy Meagen made it look, her achievements have been hard-fought. With swimming in her DNA, she was destined to make a name for herself in a swimming pool and with the support of friends, family and an internationally acclaimed coach, she has done just that. Long, arduous hours of preparation, focus and determination resulted in Meagen winning countless events, but she also learned there are some challenges for which one cannot prepare. After discussing the evolution of her swimming career, her ability to overcome adversity and her post- swimming life, I came to the conclusion that Meagen Nay is a true Australian success story; an opinion with which I am sure you will agree. Turning tragedy to Commonwealth Gold By Jason Nykiel Meagen was destined to be a world class swimmer. Her father Robbie was part of the Australian swim team at the 1972 Olympics, the 1974 Commonwealth Games and competed in the infamous Iron-Man lifesaving series. Meagens gene pool was further deepened by her mother Karin, a successful businesswoman and swimming coach who owned and operated swim schools. I asked Meagen about her early introduction to swimming and her response wasnt a surprise, I started swimming quite early as Mum owned two swim schools, she said. I asked her what age she was when she first considered herself a good swimmer and if she had any early dreams of representing Australia. I knew from a young age I was ok at swimming, but it was more the fun of swimming when I was young and I didnt start training until the age of 12, she said. It wasnt long before dreams of gold began bobbing around in Meagens head. At around 14 I thought about taking it more serious and dreaming of swimming at the Olympics, Meagen recalls.
Celebrate Living History July-August Edition: 2018 3 Meagen commenced her swim training at the Southport Pool in her hometown, Queenslands Gold Coast. Her competitive nature and dedication saw her constantly improve and it was about this time she decided her future was in professional swimming. To achieve this goal, a leap of faith was required; she must leave her friends and family and relocate to Brisbane to train amongst the best. In 2006, she took the plunge and commenced her training with a legend of the swimming world, coach Michael Bohle who had built a reputation for training medal winners; a reputation Meagen would demand he live up to. When asked if there were any defining moments of her early career Meagen feels lead to her success, she recalls the move from Gold Coast to Brisbane as giving her swimming career a chance to take off. It was a moment Ill remember and be thankful that I had the courage to do. I had made a few junior teams but making my first senior team for the 2008 Olympics was a huge step and that lead to five years on the national team, she says. Meagen was just 18-years-old when she made the move and her courage paid dividends. The year 2008 could be considered the time that launched Meagen on a trajectory to become one of the greats of Australian swimming. She competed at the Beijing Olympics, finishing seventh in a world class field, breaking Nicole Stevensons Commonwealth record for the 200m Backstroke, set 16 years prior. However, in 2009 Meagen was presented a challenge which far outweighed anything she had experienced in the swimming world. While competing at the World Championships in Italy, Meagens brother Amos was killed in a car accident. Unfortunately, this was not an unfamiliar experience for Meagens family as her father Robert had been killed in 1995 under the same circumstances. Meagen was faced with a torturous decision; stay and compete or make the lonely trip home to be with family. She decided to stay, but after competing in a single heat of a relay event she made the decision to withdraw and flew home. With the help of family, friends and her coach, Meagen overcame her grief and by using the memories of her father and brother as motivation for strength and focus, just a year after what could have been a career ending event, Meagen qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Meagen made a huge splash onto the Commonwealth Games swimming scene, winning two Gold medals in her maiden appearance. Her first was for her part in the 200 metre freestyle relay and her individual Gold was for the 200 metre backstroke event in which she set a Games record. Her record To have a happy culture in my family and business. Optimism, helping others, being cautious in terms of finances- working on a shoestring. Stability is important- not too much change. I dont seek adventure from unhealthy practices; I find it with my family, friends and travel. A sense of humor is paramount, I have learnt not to give away too much- to better select whom I share my emotions with. Lessons learnt from Life with Richard Kuipers from Two Men and a Truck
Celebrate Living History www.celebratelivinghistory.com July-August Edition 2018 4 (2m 07.56s) was broken by the narrowest of margins (.32s) by Australian swimmer, Belinda Hocking at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and I asked Meagen how she felt about it, I was a little sad, but not surprised, records are made to be broken so it was nice to see the times keep improving in that event, she told me with predictable grace. Despite her incredible performance, when we spoke about her memories of the 2010 Games Nay made no mention of gold medals, broken records or cheering crowds, I loved that I got to experience New Delhi with amazing family and friends the culture, the food and the Taj Mahal was amazing. While there were no negative experiences, as such, Meagen says, The smell I wont really forget that. When I asked Meagen if the Games experience was worth all the years of labour which goes into it, I immediately realised it was a stupid question. My typical training week consisted of nine swim sessions, three gym sessions, two core workouts, physiotherapy and massage, she told me. To represent Australia at the Games was a privilege and an honour. All the long early mornings sessions, up and down that black line make it worth it when you get to experience a Games like Delhi I loved it. Meagens achievements are both admirable and inspirational, and from all accounts, Meagen plans on living her post-swimming life by the same philosophy. Meagens life without competitive swimming started in September of 2015 when she announced her retirement due to an ongoing shoulder injury. She now focuses on repaying a sport she feels has given her so much. Ive just been trying to give back to younger swimmers in any way I can, she says. Meagen travels the country speaking to budding swimming champions, school swim teams or simply people interested in her Olympic and Commonwealth games stories like the one she told Chronicle reporter Anton Rose about her watching Olympic speed machine Usain Bolt eating the unlikely meal of chicken nuggets. The backstroke specialist also offers advice on technical skills to young swimmers, Ive run a few swim clinics and mentoring programs for younger girls in the sport of swimming right across Australia, she said. Meagen is also an ambassador for the Australian Swimmers Association, Swimming Australia and is heavily involved in the promotion of healthier lifestyles for Australian children. I asked Meagen what advice she would give to young athletes with aspirations of reaching the top of their sport. I would just say enjoy the ride train hard, your only young once so take the sport as far as you can, she said. If you are a young swimmer dreaming of success and Meagen Nay offers advice, given her history, I respectfully request you accept it. As a Commonwealth and Olympic level athlete, Meagen reached dizzying heights in the world of elite athleticism despite facing challenges which would have stopped most in their tracks. All she has achieved is a testament to the determination of the human spirit and an example of how drawing positive shards from the wreckage of negativity can transform dark into day and honour ourselves and those we love by doing so. I am confident this is a claim with which Meagens brother and father would wholeheartedly concur.
Celebrate Living History July-August Edition: 2018 5 Continued from page 1 2 constantly exposed to all age groups. One day I could be chatting with a 23-year-old the next Ill be hanging with an 80-year-old. It does not matter in the end; we are human just with different life experience to share. Ive been curious for a long time about what makes fellow entrepreneurs tick and thrive in the industry they care about. So over the past few months Ive been interviewing entrepreneurs from two vast generations, the under 30s and the over 60s. It has been quite interesting some of the answers to my questions such as what advice would you tell your younger self? Or what advice would you give to the younger generation? They are not your ordinary questions, these questions are designed to make you think and reflect back on what you have achieved or what you will make happen. I like to pull down the walls and discover the person underneath flaws and all. I believe we are all born equals it is just what you do with your life that makes you different and in a good way! So I hope these interviews inspire you to try something new and if it does not work. Thats cool at least you have tried. Life is a playground; you fall down scrape your knee and get up again! Im a girl with many hats, as you all know! In one of my many roles I am a domestic assistant to the elderly. One of my clients just loves to have a good chat. She gets lonely at times; she has a daughter that visits but she misses quality conversation. Often I stay back just to have a chat with her. She makes me laugh and I love looking at old photos with her. I dare you to say hello to someone, you have never said hello to. Maybe its your neighbor or that guy you see every day at the bus stop. Sometimes a simple gesture can mean the world to someone. Step away from social media and texting to look around. Maybe you can create a whole new world, one smile at a time. Till Next Time! Bev Muheeb Hoque founder of the Pluralist a social enterprise dedicated to promoting diversity of language and culture through watches. Who is an older person that you admire and why? I am a big admirer of the Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker and economist Muhammad Yunus. He founded the Grameen Bank and pioneered the concepts of microcredit and micro finance for which he won the noble peace prize. These micro loans has allowed a very large number of people from the developing world to lift themselves out of poverty. Today Muhammad Yunus is a great advocate of social business and I am a big believer in his mission that businesses can be for profit and still thrive to make a positive difference.
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  • 1. 1 Howdy folks! Wow time has sure flown, its hard to believe its past the mid year point! So much has happened over the past semester! Travelling to the United States had inspired me to change the look of the Celebrate Living History website which has not changed since going live in 2012. I wanted to better showcase the stories on the website and have room to share more stories from different generations. I truly believe every generation has an important story to share and its great to have the website open to more of a diverse audience. It was so much fun organizing a small launch with some of my first participants, volunteers and interns in Melbourne. I met Griffith University intern Margie for the first time in person. It really is amazing that I get to work with students from around the world. That is one of the best things about Celebrate Living History is Im 5Follow our mascot Ava Dognar to Page For every generation Stories to make you smile. 1 The launch of the Celebrate Living History website with Jeana, Frida, Bev and Margie Semester 1: 2018 Words from Bev Wilkinson Words from Bev the founder of Celebrate Living History Meagan Nay Life Lessons with Richard Vox Pop with Muheeb Sponsors Contact details 2 Bruce, Bev and Gail
  • 2. Celebrate Living History www.celebratelivinghistory.com July-August Edition 2018 2 Integer metus. Lorem. byline [Name] For someone who reached the summit of domestic and international competitive swimming, broke world records, competed at two Olympics and won Commonwealth Games Gold all before her 25th birthday, Meagen Nay is incredibly modest. Despite how easy Meagen made it look, her achievements have been hard-fought. With swimming in her DNA, she was destined to make a name for herself in a swimming pool and with the support of friends, family and an internationally acclaimed coach, she has done just that. Long, arduous hours of preparation, focus and determination resulted in Meagen winning countless events, but she also learned there are some challenges for which one cannot prepare. After discussing the evolution of her swimming career, her ability to overcome adversity and her post- swimming life, I came to the conclusion that Meagen Nay is a true Australian success story; an opinion with which I am sure you will agree. Turning tragedy to Commonwealth Gold By Jason Nykiel Meagen was destined to be a world class swimmer. Her father Robbie was part of the Australian swim team at the 1972 Olympics, the 1974 Commonwealth Games and competed in the infamous Iron-Man lifesaving series. Meagens gene pool was further deepened by her mother Karin, a successful businesswoman and swimming coach who owned and operated swim schools. I asked Meagen about her early introduction to swimming and her response wasnt a surprise, I started swimming quite early as Mum owned two swim schools, she said. I asked her what age she was when she first considered herself a good swimmer and if she had any early dreams of representing Australia. I knew from a young age I was ok at swimming, but it was more the fun of swimming when I was young and I didnt start training until the age of 12, she said. It wasnt long before dreams of gold began bobbing around in Meagens head. At around 14 I thought about taking it more serious and dreaming of swimming at the Olympics, Meagen recalls.
  • 3. Celebrate Living History July-August Edition: 2018 3 Meagen commenced her swim training at the Southport Pool in her hometown, Queenslands Gold Coast. Her competitive nature and dedication saw her constantly improve and it was about this time she decided her future was in professional swimming. To achieve this goal, a leap of faith was required; she must leave her friends and family and relocate to Brisbane to train amongst the best. In 2006, she took the plunge and commenced her training with a legend of the swimming world, coach Michael Bohle who had built a reputation for training medal winners; a reputation Meagen would demand he live up to. When asked if there were any defining moments of her early career Meagen feels lead to her success, she recalls the move from Gold Coast to Brisbane as giving her swimming career a chance to take off. It was a moment Ill remember and be thankful that I had the courage to do. I had made a few junior teams but making my first senior team for the 2008 Olympics was a huge step and that lead to five years on the national team, she says. Meagen was just 18-years-old when she made the move and her courage paid dividends. The year 2008 could be considered the time that launched Meagen on a trajectory to become one of the greats of Australian swimming. She competed at the Beijing Olympics, finishing seventh in a world class field, breaking Nicole Stevensons Commonwealth record for the 200m Backstroke, set 16 years prior. However, in 2009 Meagen was presented a challenge which far outweighed anything she had experienced in the swimming world. While competing at the World Championships in Italy, Meagens brother Amos was killed in a car accident. Unfortunately, this was not an unfamiliar experience for Meagens family as her father Robert had been killed in 1995 under the same circumstances. Meagen was faced with a torturous decision; stay and compete or make the lonely trip home to be with family. She decided to stay, but after competing in a single heat of a relay event she made the decision to withdraw and flew home. With the help of family, friends and her coach, Meagen overcame her grief and by using the memories of her father and brother as motivation for strength and focus, just a year after what could have been a career ending event, Meagen qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Meagen made a huge splash onto the Commonwealth Games swimming scene, winning two Gold medals in her maiden appearance. Her first was for her part in the 200 metre freestyle relay and her individual Gold was for the 200 metre backstroke event in which she set a Games record. Her record To have a happy culture in my family and business. Optimism, helping others, being cautious in terms of finances- working on a shoestring. Stability is important- not too much change. I dont seek adventure from unhealthy practices; I find it with my family, friends and travel. A sense of humor is paramount, I have learnt not to give away too much- to better select whom I share my emotions with. Lessons learnt from Life with Richard Kuipers from Two Men and a Truck
  • 4. Celebrate Living History www.celebratelivinghistory.com July-August Edition 2018 4 (2m 07.56s) was broken by the narrowest of margins (.32s) by Australian swimmer, Belinda Hocking at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and I asked Meagen how she felt about it, I was a little sad, but not surprised, records are made to be broken so it was nice to see the times keep improving in that event, she told me with predictable grace. Despite her incredible performance, when we spoke about her memories of the 2010 Games Nay made no mention of gold medals, broken records or cheering crowds, I loved that I got to experience New Delhi with amazing family and friends the culture, the food and the Taj Mahal was amazing. While there were no negative experiences, as such, Meagen says, The smell I wont really forget that. When I asked Meagen if the Games experience was worth all the years of labour which goes into it, I immediately realised it was a stupid question. My typical training week consisted of nine swim sessions, three gym sessions, two core workouts, physiotherapy and massage, she told me. To represent Australia at the Games was a privilege and an honour. All the long early mornings sessions, up and down that black line make it worth it when you get to experience a Games like Delhi I loved it. Meagens achievements are both admirable and inspirational, and from all accounts, Meagen plans on living her post-swimming life by the same philosophy. Meagens life without competitive swimming started in September of 2015 when she announced her retirement due to an ongoing shoulder injury. She now focuses on repaying a sport she feels has given her so much. Ive just been trying to give back to younger swimmers in any way I can, she says. Meagen travels the country speaking to budding swimming champions, school swim teams or simply people interested in her Olympic and Commonwealth games stories like the one she told Chronicle reporter Anton Rose about her watching Olympic speed machine Usain Bolt eating the unlikely meal of chicken nuggets. The backstroke specialist also offers advice on technical skills to young swimmers, Ive run a few swim clinics and mentoring programs for younger girls in the sport of swimming right across Australia, she said. Meagen is also an ambassador for the Australian Swimmers Association, Swimming Australia and is heavily involved in the promotion of healthier lifestyles for Australian children. I asked Meagen what advice she would give to young athletes with aspirations of reaching the top of their sport. I would just say enjoy the ride train hard, your only young once so take the sport as far as you can, she said. If you are a young swimmer dreaming of success and Meagen Nay offers advice, given her history, I respectfully request you accept it. As a Commonwealth and Olympic level athlete, Meagen reached dizzying heights in the world of elite athleticism despite facing challenges which would have stopped most in their tracks. All she has achieved is a testament to the determination of the human spirit and an example of how drawing positive shards from the wreckage of negativity can transform dark into day and honour ourselves and those we love by doing so. I am confident this is a claim with which Meagens brother and father would wholeheartedly concur.
  • 5. Celebrate Living History July-August Edition: 2018 5 Continued from page 1 2 constantly exposed to all age groups. One day I could be chatting with a 23-year-old the next Ill be hanging with an 80-year-old. It does not matter in the end; we are human just with different life experience to share. Ive been curious for a long time about what makes fellow entrepreneurs tick and thrive in the industry they care about. So over the past few months Ive been interviewing entrepreneurs from two vast generations, the under 30s and the over 60s. It has been quite interesting some of the answers to my questions such as what advice would you tell your younger self? Or what advice would you give to the younger generation? They are not your ordinary questions, these questions are designed to make you think and reflect back on what you have achieved or what you will make happen. I like to pull down the walls and discover the person underneath flaws and all. I believe we are all born equals it is just what you do with your life that makes you different and in a good way! So I hope these interviews inspire you to try something new and if it does not work. Thats cool at least you have tried. Life is a playground; you fall down scrape your knee and get up again! Im a girl with many hats, as you all know! In one of my many roles I am a domestic assistant to the elderly. One of my clients just loves to have a good chat. She gets lonely at times; she has a daughter that visits but she misses quality conversation. Often I stay back just to have a chat with her. She makes me laugh and I love looking at old photos with her. I dare you to say hello to someone, you have never said hello to. Maybe its your neighbor or that guy you see every day at the bus stop. Sometimes a simple gesture can mean the world to someone. Step away from social media and texting to look around. Maybe you can create a whole new world, one smile at a time. Till Next Time! Bev Muheeb Hoque founder of the Pluralist a social enterprise dedicated to promoting diversity of language and culture through watches. Who is an older person that you admire and why? I am a big admirer of the Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker and economist Muhammad Yunus. He founded the Grameen Bank and pioneered the concepts of microcredit and micro finance for which he won the noble peace prize. These micro loans has allowed a very large number of people from the developing world to lift themselves out of poverty. Today Muhammad Yunus is a great advocate of social business and I am a big believer in his mission that businesses can be for profit and still thrive to make a positive difference.
  • 6. Celebrate Living History www.celebratelivinghistory.com July-August Edition 2018 6 34 Thanks to our sponsors and supporters!
  • 7. Want to Advertise with us? Celebrate Living History PO BOX 11253 Frankston 3199 celebratelivinghistory@gmail.com www.celebratelivinghistory.com.au Contact: Its Tax Time! Visit the folks at ARTM ACCOUNTING. (03) 8743 4615 55 Kareela Road Frankston 3199 www.artmaccounting.com.au
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